Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016

In this section —

contains information about the storage, handling, transport, possession, supply, use or distribution of an organism or potential carrier or anything else prohibited, controlled, regulated or managed under this Act; or

is required to be kept under this Act; or

contains information that is relevant to compliance with this Act or with an instrument entered into, issued or given under it.

For inspection purposes a wildlife officer may do one or more of the following —

direct a person who has the custody or control of a record to give the wildlife officer the record or a copy of it;

direct a person who has the custody or control of a record, computer or thing to make or print out a copy of the record or to operate the computer or thing;

operate a computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored;

direct a person who is or appears to be in control of a record that the wildlife officer reasonably suspects is a relevant record to give the wildlife officer a translation, code, password or other information necessary to gain access to or interpret and understand the record;

take extracts from or make copies of, or download or print out, or photograph a record that the wildlife officer reasonably suspects is a relevant record;

take reasonable measures to secure or protect a record, or computer or other thing on which a record is or may be stored, against damage or unauthorised removal or interference.

If a wildlife officer is given a record, the wildlife officer must, if practicable, allow a person who is otherwise entitled to possession of it to have reasonable access to it.